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Instos gain Asian dark pool market

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
Fund managers and institutional investors could save money on their Asia-based share trading after Investment Technology Group (ITG) launched enhanced dark pool market place. ITG has combined the institutional liquidity from POSIT, the firm's crossing ...

Hands off SMSFs, warns assoc

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... for the operation of SMSFs would reduce costs and improve compliance," said Forsyth. "It would also allow the regulator to focus on more significant problems." Concerning the AIA is that investors set up SMSFs because they want more control over their ...

Land of the free money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
Fed feeds equity market fervour. If you look at today's headlines, this is the message the various financial news services are trying to convey. "Wall St ends on 17-month high as rates hold" was Reuters' headline. Bloomberg had "U.S. Stocks Rise as ...

Angel in the detail: Cooper's cost cutting measures

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
Jeremy Cooper, head of the Super System Review, estimates super funds can save up to $1 billion in costs by doing little things that add up to mean a lot. Speaking at the Conference of Major Super Funds (CSMF) yesterday, Cooper detailed the 'super stream' ...

ETS collapse threatens ESG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... clear policy and pricing signal so that decisions can be made," he said. That the financial services market poured a lot of focus on a market-based Australian ETS was highlighted at the recent ESG Research Australia Awards, where bulk of all the broker ...

Hall charts new value investing model

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... Hall, chief investment officer at Hunter Hall, said value investors must revamp their approach and hold more cash reserves, focus on highly liquid stocks and lower expectations on absolute returns. Speaking at an investor presentation in Sydney last ...

Brand the top concern for finance industry

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... growth, such as lack of innovation and business interruption, both of which rose four places this year. Also supporting a focus away from the GFC was the drop in importance of capital availability and structure. The strong Australian dollar and rising ...

Vanguard appoints MD

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
Vanguard Investments Australia has appointed US-based Vanguard executive John James as managing director, effective 1 May. James, 42, is an Australian who has worked as an executive at Vanguard's US headquarters in Pennsylvania since 2008. In his time ...

ABCs of advice at MLC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... licensee to attend the school. "Whilst we would obviously like advisers to consider MLC as a core business partner, our primary focus is on helping establish businesses that are based on the key principles of trust and transparency, which we believe ...

Health Super reviews intl equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
Health Super has reviewed its international equities portfolio, cutting three investment mandates being cut and focusing on high conviction strategies. Chris Clausen, chief executive at Health Super, said the fund reviewed its international fund manager ...